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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

In correction of pressure in vander waals correction , why do we add P+p as we know that intermolecular attractions reduce the pressure

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7 Years agoGrade 11
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7 Years ago
In reality, there is a small force of attraction between gas molecules that tends to hold the molecules together. ... To correct for the fact that the pressure of a real gas issmaller than expected from the ideal gas equation, van der Waals added a term to the pressure in this equation.